Letters -- Published Nov. 12, 2012

Why is it that every time a situation occurs where some jerk makes it necessary for the police to step in and take control, the police end up being the bad guys? It is no matter if the jerk has a gun, a knife, a baseball bat or a squirt gun; these people are trying to cause bodily harm to another. A police officer has only seconds to make a decision on what to do.

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Posted Nov. 12, 2012 at 12:01 AM

Posted Nov. 12, 2012 at 12:01 AM

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Why is it that every time a situation occurs where some jerk makes it necessary for the police to step in and take control, the police end up being the bad guys? It is no matter if the jerk has a gun, a knife, a baseball bat or a squirt gun; these people are trying to cause bodily harm to another. A police officer has only seconds to make a decision on what to do.

There are consequences to every action. The jerk with the weapon must accept his/hers. Let's stop fighting the police and start supporting them. They put their lives on the line every day for us. I hope police critics are never in need of their help.

I'm tired of the crime in our city. Let's put the blame where it lies - on the criminals.

Joeline Benton

Stockton

The Golden State should be renamed Controlifornia. Everything has been brought under the control of Sacramento's Democratic legislators and their horde of bureaucrats. Milk prices are regulated and held so low there is a run of dairy closings across the state.

Our water is sent to Los Angeles, away from our area's agriculture. Energy prices are rigged to allow fraudulent dealings that cheat the consumers.

It is control, across the board, ad infinitum, ad nauseam. Controlifornia is going to continue to self-destruct as long as Democrats hold a majority of elected and appointed offices. It's control, control, control, Karl Marx-style.

J. Norman Sayles

Lodi

It must have taken a real genius to figure out the three gallon toilet. The old fashioned five-gallon toilet, after being used, flushed out all debris and would flush out clean.

Now, the three-gallon toilets when debris is placed in and flushed, three gallons of water used, right? Wrong, for you must flush the toilet a second time to get the bowl cleaned out. That would take another three gallons.

If my math is right that makes a total of six gallons used. As the old fashioned toilet only had five gallons, that's one gallon wasted, right? Six gallons minus five gallons equals one gallon lost, I think.

Robert Alger

Stockton

Record columnist Mike Fitzgerald has noted many times that lifetime medical insurance paid by the employer is nearly unheard of. But in his zealous tirades against retired city employees, he neglects to mention one very important fact: most, if not all, private sector employees are or will be eligible for Medicare at age 65.

The City of Stockton opted out of Social Security in 1985 with the employees having no say in the matter. This means that the city saved a lot of money not having to match employee contributions. It also means that many retired city employees are not eligible for Medicare.

When the city pulled their insurance, this left them with nothing. I guess I am one of the fortunate ones in that my father died when I was 12 years old, making it necessary for me to get a part-time job so I could help my widowed mother put food on the table. By working from the time I was 12 until the city took us out of Social Security, I was able to earn enough quarters for Medicare. When I turn 65 in four years, I will at least have that to fall back on.

Currently, my wife and I have no health insurance. I cannot afford to purchase any. Many other city employees are not so fortunate, in that they don't have the quarters for Medicare and are not healthy enough to get a job to own those quarters. It is nice to know how much the incompetent, uncaring city manager and City Council couldn't care less about those who served them so well for so many years.